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Reptiles and Amphibians
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| Glossary of some Scottish words |
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| Written by Maggi Kaye |
| Saturday, 09 January 2010 18:55 |
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Glossary of some Scottish words A’ – all Abee – to let alone Aboon, abune – above Aboot – about; alternatively Ae – one Afore – before, ere Aft – often A’gates – everywhere Agin – against Ain - own Airn – iron Airt(h) – direction, quarter Aisins, easins – eaves (space between wall head and rafters) Ajee – aside, awry, ajar Alane – alone Alang – along Alicht - alight Amaist – almost Amang - among An – if Ance - once Ane – a single person or thing Aneath – beneath, under Anent - about Ase, asse, alse – ashes Atweel – indeed, certainly, of course Atween - between Aucht – to own; anything Ava’ at all Awa – away; contradiction Ay - always Backend – autumn Back-gaen – not thriving Baudrons – a cat (originally meant a hare) Bawbee – a halfpenny Beel, beal - to suppurate, fester Begood – began Begunk – to cheat Bicker – wooden drinking bowl; move quickly, noisily; to quarrel Bigg – to build, biggin – a building Bield – a shelter; bold Birse – bristle (with anger) Blad – a sheet or leaf Blinman’s baws – puff balls Bluidy fingers – foxgloves Bourtree – an elder Bowte – a bolt, to play bowte to rebound Brae – hill, slope, braeheid – hilltop Brat – an apron, cloth Braws – finery, braw – fine Breek - to tuck in Brose – unboiled porridge made by pouring boiling water on meal; kale brose – shredded kale boiled with oatmeal in stock Bucht – sheepfold, to herd sheep Bud, bude, bood – behoved, had to Busk – to prepare, dress But n’ ben – but –outer part – kitchen, ben – inner part – best room Ca’ - call Callant – a lad Cannie – careful, cautious; Cantie – comfortable, cheerful Cap, cappie, caup – a wooden bowl for food and drink Carlin – an old woman, witch Caul - cold Cazy, cassie – a straw creel Chafer – a chafing dish; blacksmith’s tool Chap – knock, tap Champit – mashed Chattle - nibble Chessel – a cheese vat Chiel – a fellow, child, servant Clash – gossip, scandal; a large quantity; carried clash - hearsay Cleekit – caught, hooked up Cleek - to cheat Cleugh – a gorge, chasm, cliff, narrow glen Clout – to patch or mend; to beat; a cloth Close – lane or passage Clue – thread Cog,– small wooden pail or bowl Contramaxcious – perverse, self willed Cottar – a cottages; a tied house Coup – overturn, tip, fall Couples, cupples, sloping rafters Cow, cowe – turf; a branch; slip of wood Craig – a rock, crag Cubbie – a basket made of heather or straw Cuddie – a small horse/pony Cuff – the nape of the neck Cuist – to cast, throw Cunchie – curtsey Cutty – short, small, young person Daffin’ jaunty behaviour Darg – a day’s work, a task Dern – secret, hidden Dicht – wipe clean, rub, sweep; to tell off Ding – to knock or beat; defeat or overcome Dirl – to cause to vibrate; a painful blow Disjasket – in disrepair, depressed, weary Donnert – scatterbrained Douce – sober, modest Doup – the buttocks, the end part of something Dowie – sad, weary dispirited Dree – to suspect, fear; to suffer, endure Dreep - drip Dreich – dull, dreary; tedious Drooth – drought, thirst Drumlie – cloudy, muddy, gloomy, sullen Dwammy – faint Dwyne – to dwindle, fade, waste away Dulfu’ sorrowful Een – eyes; evening; one E’en - eyes Enoo – now, just now, soon Ether-stane – adder stone Ettle – intend, plan, aim Faid – sportsmen, sport Fail – turf used for building dykes etc. Fank – a sheep pen Fankle – to entangle, muddle Farrand – seeming Fash – to trouble Fauld – a pen, sheepfold Feat – neatly made Fell – very Fendin’ a provision Ferlie – a strange phenomenon; a fairy Firsle – to rustle Fit – foot Flake, fluke – a fence, hurdle, gate Fleg, fley – to frighten Fleech, fleitch – to flatter, cajole Flit – to move house, grazing etc., Flyte –to quarrel, scold Forbye – besides; except Forfochten – exhausted, worn out Fremyt – strange Fuss – to fetch Gab – to mouth, to speak Gabbit - concerning the mouth Gaen – given; gone Gar – to cause, make Gate, gait, gaet – way, road; fashion; pace Gaunt, gant – to yawn Gilp – splash; to gilp - jerk Gilpin – frolicsome youngster Gin – if Gled – kite (bird) Gliff – a sudden fright or shock; glimpse, glance Glower – scowl Gowan – daisy Gowk – cuckoo; simpleton Gowpen – a handful Greet – cry, weep Gryse – a pig, piglet Gude, Guid – good; large Gude-man/wife – master/mistress of the house Guddle – a mess; a person who makes a mess; to catch fish by hand Haaf – half; open sea Haar – foggy, raw Hafflins – partly, nearly; a hafflin’ – a youngster Hail – to pour Hait – a very small quantity Hantle – a considerable quantity Hap – to cover, wrap Happock –a small hump Haud – hold Haurn – to toast Haver, haiver – to talk nonsense Havermeal – oatmeal Het – hot; hit Hind – a servant Hizzie – a hussy; a housewife Holm – flat ground beside a river Houlet, howlet, hoolet – and owl Howd – to swing, bob up and down Howdie - midwife Howe – hollow; lowest part Howk – dig, unearth Hum – bad mood; bad odour Hurcheon – hedgehog Ilk, ilka – each, every; the same Ingle – a fire burning in the hearth Ither - other Jabble – splash, spill over Jag – prick, pierce, inject Jalouse – suspect, imagine Jaw - to pour, spill Jink – a quick sudden movement, dodge Kaim – comb Keek – peep, glance Ken - know Kep – to catch Kimmer – a gossip; witch Kintra – country Kirn – churn Kist – a chest, trunk Knoit – to knock Kye – cattle Knowe – a hillock, mound Lade – a millrace Lair – a place to lie down Lave – the rest, what’s left Lease – to release Leugh – to laugh Leuk – to see to something Lick – smack Linn – a waterfall, gorge, deep pool Lintie – linnet Lippen – to trust Lish, lith – nimble Loof, luif, lufe – the palm of the hand Loon – lad Loup, lowp – leap’ to throb Louthe – abundance Lowne, loune – calm Luckie, Lucky –an old woman; a witch; a female innkeeper Lug – ear Lum – chimney Mart – market; provision Maun – must; mauna – must not Mell – mallet Mickle, muckle – large, many Mim – prudish, prim Mirk – darkness Mool, moul – crumbled earth Moolins – crumbs Mun, maun - must Na – not, no, none Naigie, naig - pony Neb – nose Neist – next Nieve – a hand, fist Nocht - nothing Nor – than Oo’ - wool Oorie – uncanny, gloomy Or – before; until Owre - over Paddo, paddock – a frog; a toad Park – an enclosed field Pauky – witty, clever Pech – to pant, deep breath Pig – an earthen vessel, storage jar Plouter, plitter – wade through mud or water, mess about with water Pooch – pocket Pook, pouk – to pluck Poother – powder Pow – head; a pool, creek Pownie – pony Preen – pin Premeese – to suppose Press – cupboard Prie, pree – to taste Prig – haggle, beseech Puckle, pickle – a small amount Put past – put away, save Pyke, pike – to pick Pyock - a poke or bag Quha – who Quhair – where; when Quhen – when, as soon as Quhile – while, until, a time Quhilk – which, who, whoever Quo’ – said Raches - hounds Randy – Aggressive, irrepressible Rashes - rushes or reeds Rax – reach out, stretch, strain Ream – cream, froth Reck - to matter Redd – clean out, put in order Reek – smoke Riddle – course-mesh sieve Rive – to split Rock – distaff, spindle Routh – plenty Rug – to pull Rump – to plunder Sair – sore; very Sark – a man’s shirt, a chemise, a nightdress Saugh – a willow Scaith – harm Scale, skail – to spill, scatter Scart – scratch, scrape Scaud – scald; glimpse Scraich, skraich – scream, shriek Scrieve – to move, glide; written Scunner – loathing, put off, recoil Sheil – a shelter Shoogle – to shake Shoon - shoes Siccar, sicker – sure, certain, safe Skep – straw basket; straw beehive Skirl – shrill sound, scream Sma - small Smee – smooth Sonsie, sonsy – wholesome Sook – to suck Sowens – dust from oatmeal steeped and cooked Snell – bitter cold, severe Speer, speir – to ask Stour – dust Swarf, swerf – to faint Sweir – reluctant, unwilling Syne – then, since Taen - taken Taigle – hinder, tarry Tent – guard, care The - you Thir – these Thrang – very busy Thrawn – twisted, cross-grained Threep – urge, claim Tine, tyne – to lose Toom – empty Tyke – a dog Unco – strange, unusual Wale – to choose Want – to need, be without Wat – know; promise; wet Wear – to separate Waur – worse Wean – a child Weel-faured – handsome Wheen – a number, a few Wheesht – hush, be quiet Widdershins – the wrong way, back to front Win – achieve; harvest; acquire Won – to dwell; quarried Woo’ - wool Wyte – to blame Yammer – to fret, cry, talk incessantly Yell, yeld, eild – barren Yill – ale Yowe - ewe Yowl – howl |